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View of the Knyzhna Gora, Demyansk region, Novgorod District. This place is believed to be the original place of the town of Demon (precursor of Demyansk). View from the hill is here gigapan.org/gigapans/87026/
This is an ancient fortification relict off town of Demyansk, Novgorod District, Russia on the bank o...

View from an ancient fortification off town of Demyansk, Novgorod District, Russia on the bank of the Yavon river, part of the former route from Scandinavia to Greece (Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks). This place is believed to be the original place of the town of Demon (precursor of Demyansk). See the si...

Gyantse is a small town south west of Lhasa. It is one of the few places where the Chinese have not changed much. Gyantse is known because of its Fortress, the Dzong, a very special building ,the Kumbum, and a monastery, the Pelkor Chode. The reason why people build a town there is because of the trade in wool. The loc...

Gyantse is a small town south west of Lhasa. It is one of the few places where the Chinese have not changed much. Gyantse is known because of its Fortress, the Dzong, a very special building ,the Kimbum, and a monastery, the Pelkor Chode. The reason why people build a town there is because of the trade in wool. The loc...

View of the town of Gyantse and the Palcho Monastery of Pelkor Chode and more notably the strange building called the Kumbum (looks like a wedding cake) Pango Chorten complex shot from top tower of the Dzong fortress in Southern Tibet.
Gyantse is a small town south west of Lhasa. It is one of the few places where the...

(EN) | The monument was raised in 1937 from the initiative of the ASTRA Cultural Foundation (Alba) and benefited from public funds; it was meant to commemorate 150 years from the peasant rebelion of 1784 - 1785 and was dedicated to the memory of its three leaders, Horia, Cloşca şi Crişan. The monument is composed fr...

(EN) | The first gate of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia is located at the eastern extremity of the citadel. It was built as a triumphal monument and has three openings. On the frontispice, framing the emblem of the House of Austria are the statues of Mars and Venus, also flanked by two bombard canons in firing posit...